“The madness of wealth. Sometimes you think you're spending the money, but all along the money's spending you. But only if you worship it. You serve whatever you worship.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“and I’d scream and run away, flailing my arms but not actually scared, because back then all emotions felt like play, like I was experimenting with feeling rather than stuck with it. True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice in the matter.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I could still be anybody.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Maybe we invented metaphor as a response to pain. Maybe we needed to give shape to the opaque, deep-down pain that evades both sense and senses.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“But you give your thoughts too much power, Aza. Thoughts are only thoughts. They are not you. You do belong to yourself, even when your thoughts don’t.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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